Cartographer Maritime GIS Analyst (Hiring Event)

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) seeks a cartographer to acquire, evaluate, and review geospatial data, producing cartography products in support of national security needs. The role emphasizes extracting and symbolizing data per NGA and international standards.

The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Cartography or related GIS coursework, plus experience with GIS tools to analyze and extract spatial vector data.

Qualifications

• Experience communicating through written, visual, and/or verbal reporting and presentation.
• Experience working collaboratively as part of a team to meet project goals and deadlines.
• Education and/or professional experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Experience assisting team members while using GIS software to extract spatial vector data on an image base.
• Knowledge of the proper use of GIS software tools to analyze topographic and nautical map and/or chart source materials.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, compile, evaluate, and review geospatial data to develop cartography products.
• Extract, attribute, format, manipulate, and symbolize geospatial information per NGA standards.
• Contribute to the production of cartography data holdings for mission requirements.

Skills

Written communication

Team collaboration

GIS literacy

GIS data extraction

GIS tools knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cartography or related GIS coursework

30+ semester hours in Cartography/related sciences

Tools

ArcGIS

QGIS

Job description

Cartographers acquire, compile, evaluate, and review geospatial data to develop cartography products and/or data holdings in support of mission requirements for national security, military operations, and humanitarian relief. They extract, attribute, format, manipulate, and symbolize geospatial information in accordance with NGA and international standards, typically specializing in a particular c

MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement:

• 1. Experience communicating through written, visual, and/or verbal reporting and presentation.
• 2. Experience working collaboratively as part of a team to ensure that project goals and deadlines are met.
• 3. Education and/or professional experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• 4. Experience assisting team members while using GIS software to extract spatial vector data on an image base.
• 5. Knowledge of the proper use of GIS software tools to analyze topographic and nautical map and/or chart source materials.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:

A. Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Cartography or a major that included, or was supplemented by, at least 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework in Cartography and/or directly related Sciences and Mathematics. Coursework may include, but is not limited to, Astronomy, Cartography, Computer Science, Forestry, Geodesy, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Land Surveying, Photogrammetry, Physical and Geological Oceanography, Physical Geography, and Remote Sensing. Computer software classes associated with current technology, GIS courses, and information management classes may also be counted. The 30 semester (45 quarter) hours must have included at least 6 semester (9 quarter), but not more than 15 (22 quarter), hours of college level non-business mathematics or statistics (i.e., college level algebra, trigonometry, calculus, or scientific mathematics or statistics requiring equivalent college-level courses as prerequisites).

-OR- B. Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework as listed in option A, plus applied experience in Cartography that includes the use of current GIS tools, or a related field that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals 4 years.

-OR- C. Experience: A minimum of 4 years experience in Cartography that includes the use of current GIS tools, or a related field that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:

Distinguish principal colors and shades/hues of principal colors; Near visual acuity of 20/60 or better with or without corrective lenses

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired:

• 1. Experience identifying and determining characteristics of objects and/or features revealed by imagery, including utilizing photo interpretation techniques to support analysis.
• 2. Experience creating maps or charts to specifications using a GIS.
• 3. Experience in feature data extraction and attribution from source material, to include imagery, using appropriate techniques and methods.
• 4.cKnowledge of quality assurance/quality review procedures to review geospatial data and map graphics.
• 5. Experience applying fundamental GIS techniques to identify features for extraction in accordance with topographic or maritime standards.
• 6. Experience supporting the integration of super intelligence (SI) tools into operational workflows or systems.